The top baseball card set of all time is.... 1965 Topps?!

[ejharrington]

To me 1983 Topps is the nicest looking set ever made. The 1983 Topps Traded Darryl Strawberry the most beautiful card ever produced.

[Bobbycee]

'71 Topps is stupid low on this list. The action & background shots alone put it in the top 10.

[doug.goodman]

1957 Topps

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

1957 Topps

Especially the ones with the deep green tints.

[Tabe]

The T-3 Turkey Reds are the best-looking set of all-time.

Postwar, I think I would say 1952/53/57/83 Topps and 1984 Donruss, at least until the introduction of Upper Deck and the 8000000 varieties.

[rats60]

1965 Topps is the best post war set in my opinion. However my top 5 are all prewar, t206, 1933 Goudey, 1941 Play Ball, t205 and t3.

[skelly423]

Ask me next week and I'm sure I'll have a different answer, but my personal top 5 is some arrangement of:

T206
1933 Goudey
1951 Bowman
1956 Topps
1914/15 Cracker Jacks

[ALBB]

1967 Topps

[carlsonjok]

I like 1965 Topps just fine. It isn't my favorite set, but it is probably in the top third for post-war, pre-junk wax sets. There is something curious about that set, though.

Virtually all of my set needs are filled through local shows and from Greg Morris' EBay auctions. When bidding on EBay, I have firm rules about what I will pay for cards. I apply those rules regardless of the set or whether the card is a common, minor star, or major star. I rarely have a significant number of winnings, but I usually get anywhere from 2 to 8 cards from a specific set break

However, I rarely ever win anything when he is breaking a 1965 set and I am not just missing out by a bit. The cards will often sell far in excess of my comfort level to pay and, if memory serves, even commons will sell for prices above Beckett high book. I've made much better, and steadier, progress on both 1960 and 1968 over the same time frame.

I realize that the plural of anecdote isn't necessarily data, but this isn't a recent phenomenon. This has been my consistent experience since I started the set. It is just weird.

[obiwan1129]

Originally Posted by ejharrington

To me 1983 Topps is the nicest looking set ever made. The 1983 Topps Traded Darryl Strawberry the most beautiful card ever produced.

+1 for 1983. However that is a personal favorite as it was the first set I really set out to collect. Probably more nostalgia than anything, but definitely some nice RC's in there.

[clydepepper]

The 1965 set had a lot of great photos...

Likes:

1952
1953
1954
1955

1957
1958
1959

1962
1963
1964 (only because it was the first I collected)
1965
1967

1970
1976
1978

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